[ SECRET POST #3252 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3252 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, I understand that feeling. I use a few abbreviations here and there sometimes ("LOL" and things of that sort), but for the most part I'm not big on that stuff, either. For me it isn't even so much being annoyed that others use that sort of chat speak regularly (though I do agree that some can go a little overboard)-you do you, and all that. In my case it's more that I just personally always feel...silly...typing like that. It's one of those things that if other people do it, it seems natural and normal, but if I do it, it would automatically look uncool and dorky :p.

[elaminator]

Same. I use certain abbreviations all the time (IDK, lol, mte), but all in all I prefer typing out words.

I don't think a few abbreviations are bad and net-speak in itself isn't something I have a problem with, but when someone uses it so heavily that I can't tell what they're trying to say, I don't like it.

Some people use them constantly in texts. So much hate. (Typed that out for your benefit!)

[(Anonymous)]

Haha, thanks :D!

(And funny you typed that one out, because that's a perfect example: for the longest time, I thought "smh" was an abbreviation for "shaking my head". Maybe it can also mean that, too? I dunno.)

Yeah, abbreviations here and there are fine-it's basically another form of shorthand writing. And if you're texting someone a quick message, or on Twitter, where there's a limited amount of character space, sometimes you can't really afford to get too detailed and have to use an abbreviation here or there as a result. I totally get that.

But like you said, some people haven't seemed to learn how to convey those kinds of messages in ways that make sense, too. And if you DO have the space to spell out your words in full and communicate in full sentences and all that, it just seems odd to me when people don't utilize that opportunity.

Course, I have a tendency to be really wordy, so maybe I'm a little biased :p. Some people are just naturally really good at the whole brevity thing, so...*Shrugs*

[elaminator]

I thought "smh" was an abbreviation for "shaking my head"

I thought that too, for a time! Not sure that anyone actually uses it that way, but technically it could mean that!

or on Twitter, where there's a limited amount of character space

See, I hadn't even thought of twitter, but that's true; you can't exactly ramble to your heart's content on twitter, that site forces you to be brief. (Unless you want to spam posts, anyway.) Situations like that I definitely understand the need.
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But in tumblr posts, or blog entries, or texts, or emails, or comments (basically anything else, lol), I like to see full words. It isn't that I won't read it if everything isn't spelled out, or I won't interact with someone who chooses to do things differently, I just...like the way it looks. Constant abbreviations alter the flow of a sentence.

Course, I have a tendency to be really wordy

Oh, me too. Not that my sometimes obscene number of words means anything other than "I don't know how to shut up".

[(Anonymous)]

...Now this is feeling like backwards world to me, cause I thought "smh" meant "so much hate" until everyone else told me no, it means "shaking my head." I feel so vindicated now, haha! (Maybe enough people thought it that the meaning shifted? Internet linguistics!)

[elaminator]

Now I'm even more confused because another anon said they googled it and apparently urban dictionary says 'smh' is 'shaking my head'. I don't even know what to believe, anymore. lmao.

This is why everyone should just type shit out; there's no misunderstanding that!

[(Anonymous)]

Huh. I though smh meant shaking my head... it says that on urban dictionary (I just checked because I was confused lol). Oh, WHAT IS THE TRUTH, MAN!

[elaminator]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!

Man, f!s is supposed to educate me in the ways of fandom and the internet, not confuse me further!

WHAT IS TRUTH?!?!

[(Anonymous)]

smh does mean shake my head

at least in many contexts

OP

[(Anonymous)]

"I just personally always feel...silly...typing like that. It's one of those things that if other people do it, it seems natural and normal, but if I do it, it would automatically look uncool and dorky :p. "

Yeah, that's how I feel about a lot of it. I just physically can't bring myself to type some of that stuff. Like, I've never been able to type the shorthand for "National Novel Writing Month". It just looks and sounds so much more clunky, even if it saves me a few keystrokes.

Hmm...I've always been pretty good at spelling and grammar. I wonder if that's related to my reluctance to use online slang; it leads to an ingrained feeling that I'm, as the saying goes, "Doing it wrong".

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm...I've always been pretty good at spelling and grammar. I wonder if that's related to my reluctance to use online slang; it leads to an ingrained feeling that I'm, as the saying goes, "Doing it wrong".

AYRT

I think that's part of it for me, too :D. Obviously casual text speak between friends isn't going to be graded or meant to be professional or anything like that, so I can see why our attitude would sound weird to other people. But I still can't help getting that nagging, "This is not how this should be spelled!" twitch all the same. I suppose it's just easier for some people to make that sort of mental separation than it is for me.